Thoughts on Popular Culture and Unpopular Culture by Jaime J. Weinman (email me)

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Grudge Matches I'd Like to See: John Wayne vs. Toshiro Mifune

John Wayne, who kicked ass in numerous movies but who did his best work with one director, John Ford, vs. Toshiro Mifune, who kicked ass in numerous movies but who did his best work with one director, Akira Kurosawa. The battle is not between the actual men but between the personas they embodied onscreen: which cinematic bad-ass will emerge victorious?

To make this a fair fight, this will be a fight without weapons (since with weapons, Duke's rifle will probably beat Toshiro's sword -- though Toshiro would make it close).